The Syndicate

Long Con wrote:I just think it's a comfortable place to be. You didn't vote Llama, so you didn't lynch a Civ. You didn't defend him as a Civ, so it doesn't look like you knew he was Civ. You just quietly sat in a corner and lamented the lynch of Llama in a broader, multigame sense. Difficult to criticize that stance. Epi protested softly against the Civ lynch. And if Llama had turned up bad, hey, Epi wasn't technically defending him. His opinion had nothing to do with this game at all. So, that's safe.

A careful, comfortable place to be. Nothing suspicious about Epi, he's just a broad-minded, sympathetic, sensitive guy who wants everyone to have a fair shake.

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Epignosis wrote:Once again, a Day 1 llama lynch. Yawn. By both people who know him and don't know him.

Maybe it's you llama.

I don't fully understand this pity party post of yours, considering Llama JUST RECENTLY hosed us both and won as a baddie, and I suspected him from Day 1 and allowed him the benefit of the doubt. I have no more sympathy for him than for any Civ lynched Day 1, and I'm certainly not in the state of mind to just let him go through the whole game again with me squashing down my bad feelings about him every EOD.

I don't care about recency bias. You apparently do.

But you're willing to let past instances of Civ Llama getting lynched early decide your play in this game.

Correct- that's out of courtesy, not strategy.

I would think that allowing him that "courtesy" so recently all the way to Mafia Llama beating you and winning the game would alleviate some of that inclination.

Long Con wrote:How many times, in your estimation, will it take for Llama to beat you before the scales are balanced, and you'll treat him like other players?

Long Con wrote:Or is this actually a strategic attitude on your part in this particular game? Maybe.

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Epignosis wrote:

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Epignosis wrote:Once again, a Day 1 llama lynch. Yawn. By both people who know him and don't know him.

Maybe it's you llama.

I don't fully understand this pity party post of yours, considering Llama JUST RECENTLY hosed us both and won as a baddie, and I suspected him from Day 1 and allowed him the benefit of the doubt. I have no more sympathy for him than for any Civ lynched Day 1, and I'm certainly not in the state of mind to just let him go through the whole game again with me squashing down my bad feelings about him every EOD.

I don't care about recency bias. You apparently do.

But you're willing to let past instances of Civ Llama getting lynched early decide your play in this game.

S~V~S wrote:Is "recency" a word?

Long Con wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Once again, a Day 1 llama lynch. Yawn. By both people who know him and don't know him.

Maybe it's you llama.

I don't fully understand this pity party post of yours, considering Llama JUST RECENTLY hosed us both and won as a baddie, and I suspected him from Day 1 and allowed him the benefit of the doubt. I have no more sympathy for him than for any Civ lynched Day 1, and I'm certainly not in the state of mind to just let him go through the whole game again with me squashing down my bad feelings about him every EOD.

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Epignosis wrote:Where the hell is sig when you need someone to lynch Day 1?

What are your reads, good sir?

I don't have much- sorry. Too many new people.

As I implied, I won't be voting fishfunk. Unfortunately I have to vote now. I'll probably just vote to make sure there's no tie.

I realize that's disappointing to you, but I doubt I'm going to play leader this time out. Without knowing about half the field, I would rather observe and speak up when I find something worth mentioning. I found nothing noteworthy today.

Looking forward to whatever you can provide.

Not going to give you a pass for long though, so get your shit together or maybe I'll campaign to vote you out on D2.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

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Epignosis wrote:Where the hell is sig when you need someone to lynch Day 1?

What are your reads, good sir?

I don't have much- sorry. Too many new people.

As I implied, I won't be voting fishfunk. Unfortunately I have to vote now. I'll probably just vote to make sure there's no tie.

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Epignosis wrote:Where the hell is sig when you need someone to lynch Day 1?

What are your reads, good sir?

Adam wrote:I am voting thellama

He's at the intersection of the Venn diagram of players I have scum reads on and players who have votes on them. I also think it's a little weird that more people aren't interested in Long Con and llama's back and forth, almost like some people are studiously avoiding getting involved.

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Long Con wrote:

Adam wrote:I am voting thellama

He's at the intersection of the Venn diagram of players I have scum reads on and players who have votes on them. I also think it's a little weird that more people aren't interested in Long Con and llama's back and forth, almost like some people are studiously avoiding getting involved.

I think it's weird as well, thank you for noticing.

I feel pretty good about you, and waffled on him, but not waffled enough to not see this as perhaps civ v civ. I actually want to hear what Epi says about him. That will go far for me towards deciding how I feel about it.

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DrWilgy wrote:The reason why I have such an issue with gfish is because from what I can tell, they are a smart person. I personally had a thought similar to them and almost asked "who would you be sad about being lynched?" But then I realized I wouldn't gain anything from this.

Gfish thinking they could gain something from this seems and feels faulty. It is a portal to WIFOM land and a wild ride that I don't wanna be a part of. The fault is increased when you look at the persistence upon this.

We obviously have different styles and different approaches.

Right now, the difference is that I am generating information and holding them to it while you are criticizing me for generating information and holding people to it. You might be correctly criticizing me for it, but what I am doing is far more helpful. Information is information. To me, the answers themselves matter very little. Instead, the discussion about it, the trends in reporting, and the people who don't respond provide information.

Everyone said earlier that its too quiet, people aren't posting, whatever. I have started several info-gathering expeditions. If you don't like what I am doing, then do a better job than me.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Where is Epi?

Reading your latest fucking novel, Mr. King.

Do you like it?

nutella wrote:Unfortunately I should probably vote now even though I don't really have a strong candidate yet because I really shouldn't get on during work. Gonna go with Epi because I really expect a lot more participation from him. I feel bad because he may just have been busy and missed discussion but I don't know who else to vote for atm.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Where is Epi?

colonialbob wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Just bought ME1&2.

Firing up ME for the first time ever.

You're in for a treat!

Well, ME1 is kinda dated these days, but still has a pretty good story. Just be ready for lots of driving around.

And FemShep is TruShep.